Tsui Hark Directing Andy Lau in Detective Dee

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51688

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
January 5, 2009


Tsui Hark will direct Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) in production company Huayi Brothers' period martial arts suspense thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame in Hong Kong and China beginning in May, says The Hollywood Reporter.

With a $13 million budget, a script by Chen Kuofu and production by Chen, Tsui's wife and partner Nansun Shi and former Columbia and Emperor executive Peggy Lee, Tsui and Huayi will bring to life an imagined case solved by a real Tang Dynasty detective.

When the mysterious deaths of a series of loyal subjects threaten to delay the 690 A.D. inauguration of Empress Wu, China's only female leader, she calls the infamous Detective Dee (Lau) back from an exile into which she cast him eight years earlier.

Dee accepts the challenge and partners with gung-ho Commander Bei and the Ghost Doctor, a master of disguise, to solve the crimes.

Huayi Brothers hopes to finish the film in time for a summer 2010 release in Asia.

Sounds like an entertaining twist on the period piece.

 

[블라스]

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Tsui Hark directing!!!

 

[Gabe99]

CHINA BEAT: Tsui Hark & Bona Exploring 3D Together

This week Chinese film giant Bona Film Group announced that it plans to shoot two new films in 3D this year. Tsui Hark will direct a remake of the 1960 film Tracks In The Snowy Forest, while Jacob Cheung is on board to helm White Hair Witch, a retelling of The Bride With White Hair. This news comes after the phenomenal success of Bona's previous foray into the technology, Tsui Hark's Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, which not only amassed over US$100 million at the Chinese box office, but also displayed Tsui's keen understanding of how to get the most from the added depth of field.

Like many, my views on 3D are that it is basically an unnecessary gimmick we can all do without. At a time when cinema attendances were frighteningly low, the championing of 3D as a new filmgoing experience that could not be matched in the home drew filmgoers back to the multiplexes. The push from the major studios also forced cinema chains around the world to go digital, which will drastically cut distribution costs in the future. The aesthetic benefits of 3D, however, have been made obvious all too slowly. 3D only ever seems to bring anything positive to our movie experience when the film was shot that way in the first place and the director in question actually understands how to use it to his or her benefit.

With Flying Swords, Tsui proved that he did understand how to utilise this extra dimension to his cinematic frame, and the news that he will be further exploring the technology has me interested. Bona also revealed that they will be investing in a new digital film technology centre, situated in Tianjin. Both films will apparently be shot at the facility, making full use of 3D equipment, but also the invaluable knowledge Tsui has gleaned from his previous production. However, before he gets started on Snowy Forest, Tsui is to direct the sequel to Detective Dee - surely a project that is screaming out to be shot in 3D!

Incidentally, Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate will be opening across North America in IMAX 3D, courtesy of Indomina Releasing, in September and ranks as one of China's very best films of 2011. Do not miss out on the chance to see it on the big screen!

 

[Pink Ranger]

Tsui Hark is awesome.